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By SunSport Reporters

27th September 2017, 9:26 pm

Updated: 27th September 2017, 9:26 pm

ATLETICO MADRID host Chelsea in the Champions League.

Diego Costa will be watching from the stands after leaving the Premier League champions for a return to the Spanish capital.

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Match Facts

Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in their last four competitive games against Chelsea (W2 D2). However, the two encounters between both sides in Madrid have ended as draws.

Under Diego Simeone, Atlético Madrid have won 18 of their 23 Champions League home games (D4 L1), their only defeat coming against Benfica in September 2015 (1-2).

Atlético Madrid have also kept a clean sheet in 16 of their last 19 Champions League home games.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are unbeaten in their last nine Champions League away games against Spanish opposition (W2 D7), drawing their last five games.

This is Atlético’s fifth consecutive Champions League campaign, the longest run in their history. They were beaten finalists in 2013/14 and 2015/16, whilst being eliminated in the quarters in 2014/15 and semis last season.

Over the last 10 seasons of the Champions League, there have been 155 cases of teams attempting 10 or more shots on target in a game. Only three of them didn’t produce a single goal, including Atlético Madrid on matchday one against Roma (10 shots on target, 0 goal).

Chelsea have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League 13 times in their previous 14 appearances.

Chelsea’s 6-0 win on matchday one against Qarabag equaled their largest margin of victory in the Champions League (6-0 v Maribor, October 2014).

Chelsea have lost only one of their last 14 Champions League group games (W10 D3), away against Porto in September 2015 (1-2).

Antoine Griezmann has scored or assisted 50% of Atlético Madrid’s goals in the Champions League over the last two seasons (13 goals and 3 assists).

Eden Hazard has scored only one goal in his last 13 Champions League games, it was from the penalty spot against Paris Saint-Germain in March 2015.

Tiémoué Bakayoko was the only susbtitute to register a goal and an assist on matchday one of this season’s Champions League.

This will be Diego Simeone’s 50th game as manager in the Champions League. His teams have conceded on average 0.65 goals per game (32 in 49 games), the best ratio among managers with 20 or more games in the competition.

This is Antonio Conte’s third Champions League campaign as manager. His best performance was in 2012/13 when he reached the quarter-finals with Juventus.